Richard Robert Madden manuscript material : 4 items, 1834-[1855?]

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Richard Robert Madden manuscript material : 4 items, 1834-[1855?]

· Holograph memorandum signed : [1855?] : (BLES 4.281) : 1 p.; explaining references in the correspondence of Walter Savage Landor to the Revd. Julius Hare; begins, "Among the letters of Mr. Landor frequent reference will be found to a young friend a clergyman subsequently well known in English Ecclesiastical literature ..." Mounted in v. 4 of the Blessington Papers. · Holograph memorandum signed, "Original Draft of a Memorandum of a remarkable conversation of R.R.M. with Lady Blessington in 1843..." : [1844?] : (BLES 5.454) : 22 p.; title-page continues, "...in Gore House wherein Lady B gave me a full and as I believe a true and faithful account of those particulars of her early history ..." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed (copy) : 16 May 1834 : (BLES 5.389a) : from 7 East Crescent, St. Leonards : begins, "I took Campbell to Seamore Place at a very unchristian hour of the morning having to leave town at noon ..." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. · To [J. C. Heneby?] : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Nov 1854 : (BLES 5.383b) : from Dublin Castle : with a note at the head of the first page in the (older) hand of Madden, which reads, "From R. R. M. to [J. C. Heneby?] [---?] Re strange leter from Lord Ashburnham denying authenticity of his father's letter to Lady Blessington!!!" Madden's letter begins, "Lord Ashburnham is surely laboring under a wrong impression." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096489

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hare, Julius Charles, 1795-1855

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Julius Charles Hare was a British author, translator, and clergyman. A popular but eccentric man, he became Archdeacon of Lewes and one of the Queen's chaplains, as well as publishing numerous works on theological themes. He was greatly influenced by German art and thought, and his writing often shows this influence. From the description of Julius Charles Hare letters, 1848, n.d. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53808262 Julius Charles Hare, Bri...

Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886

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Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

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Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born British writer. Best remembered for her Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, she was active in British literary circles of the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Lady Blessington manuscript material : 92 items, 1820-1849, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish writer and wife of the Earl of Blessington. From the description of L...